[apillar]

Hate to say it, but this happens in most towns and cities across the country. I worked in a small town lawyers office during my college years and I saw first hand how the people in power along with their family and friends got their infractions “taken care of”. I remember one specific case where a local politician's teenage son came flying up the main drag one evening and took out an entire row of parking meters. When the police arrived he was passed out drunk in the front seat. Oddly enough, they “forgot” to test him for alcohol so he wasn't charged with drunk driving, all he got hit with was a minor failure to maintain control charge. Anybody else in the same situation would have had the book thrown at them.

[Newbomb Turk]

I had a guy blow through a stop sign drunk going 70 in a 35 and the police weren't going to arrest or ticket him because he was somebody well knowns kid.

To bad my friend the state patrolman happen to drive up on the scene. He took the individual out of police custody and took over the accident scene when they told him they weren't going to charge anyone.

[NativeSon]

True, happens everywhere but Philly is just one of those places that pushes the envelope- I95, 3am, accident, drunk driver, big bag of coke... Cops find out that his dad is one of their high ranking members... He gets a ride home and a report is entered about a stolen car, oh and somehow keeps his dope.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Yup.

In the small town I grew up in, a cardiologist’s son (a drunken pothead) got a DWI. The dad simply called his atty and it was effectively erased from the books- no trial, no hearing, no record.

Like it never even happened..